Classical era

Period 2: 600 BCE-600 CE

  • 4000 BCE

    Around the time Hinduism Begins

  • 1800 BCE

    Judaism Begins

  • 800 BCE

    Around the Beginning of Greek culture

  • Period: 550 BCE to 486 BCE

    Darius I

  • Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

    Achaemenid Dynasty

  • 536 BCE

    Kingdom of Judah defeated; starts Jewish Diaspora

  • 509 BCE

    Around the start of Roman Culture

  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    Roman Republic

  • 500 BCE

    The Jewish Bible is first written

  • 500 BCE

    Siddhartha Gautama

  • 500 BCE

    Confucian develops Confucianism

  • 500 BCE

    Around when Daoism developed

  • Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE

    Hellenistic Empires

  • Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

  • Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE

    Mauryan Dynasty

  • 214 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

  • 206 BCE

    The Han dynasty adopted Confucianism

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

  • 100 BCE

    Around the beginning of Roman culture

  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire

  • Period: 27 BCE to 180

    Pax Romana (Around)

  • 4 BCE

    Around the birth of Jesus of Nazareth

  • Period: 64 to 313

    Roman Persecution of Christians

  • 100

    Around when Confucian thought became popular

  • 240

    Asoka (around)

  • 313

    Constantine converted to Christianity

  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Empire